Young people participating in the protests for the death of Mahsa Amini they converted the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, in the target of their protests. Cries of “death to the dictator” follow one another and yesterday the state television was hacked during his speech on the night news.
At the time, state television showed Khamenei speaking on its screens with a group of clerics. For a few seconds the message “your hands are full of the blood of our youth“and an image of the supreme leader engulfed in flames with a spyglass on, as well as photos of Amini and other young women who died during the protests.
Meanwhile, a rumor on these images recited the slogan of the protests – “woman, freedom, life“- After a few seconds, the image is cut and the news anchor appears and says with a sad gesture:” Dear viewers, I invite you to see the rest of the news “.
The hacker group Edalat-e Ali (Justice of Ali) claimed responsibility for the protest action.
Protests over the death of Mahsa Amini
Since last September 16, when Amini died, arrested by the morality police in Tehran for wearing the wrong veil, Ali Khamenei, 83, had become the target of the wrath of young people.
In the many protests across the country, one of the most repeated songs is “death to the dictator”, in reference to the supreme leader, as well as “death to Khamenei” or “death to the Islamic Republic”, cries that resound during the night from the windows of the houses in many districts of Tehran, the country’s capital.
Despite his numerous public appearances, Khamenei did not mention Amini’s death until last October 3. And he did it to accuse the US and Israel of being behind the protests, even though he described the death of Amini, 22, as “devastating”.
